קָטֹן qâṭôn — to diminish, i.e. be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account
Translated in the KJV as be a small, be not worthy.
a primitive root (rather denominative from H6996); to diminish, i.e. be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account.
qâṭôn in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 2Perfect (qatal) 1
Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord God; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant’s house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord God?
And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant’s house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God.
Hiph'il
Infinitive construct 1
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›